Recent content by flano

hi haven't posted in yonks computer died ...forgot password etc. anyway ..ages ago I tried a rosemary beer. I used only a couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary in the end of the boil. It was undrinkable. way way to over powering. I'm thinking eucalyptus would be a similar scenario. good luck.

I reckon if you stick to the basics you'll always end up with good drinkable beers. 1) Sterilize everything 2) good mill of the grain - I had a few issues when it wasn't milled fine enough. 3) strike temp within a few degrees of what recipe calls for will usually work fine. 4) ferment temps -...

don't use the whirlfloc. I have forgotten to use it, and to be honest I couldn't tell the difference in the end. That will discount that theory one way or the other.

NOOSKI mouse trap. from bunnings. The kiwi's make great beer and great mouse traps. I wiped out an entire family of mice in about 3 days. I got my first one after about 3 minutes of setting the trap.

I have dry hopped with saaz once ..never again. It tasted like grass. A mate had the same result. so don't do it I reckon. I read somewhere the head brewer from little creature said to stick with hops that start with "C" when dry hopping. That was obviously for Pale ales though. In saying...

hi mate, I have been brewing for a few years now doing all grain stuff. But I recently did a coopers real ale that was on special in the supermarket. I boiled (from memory). 15 grms of Cascade for 15 mins with 1 kg dex and 500 LDME . Then I dry hopped a further 15 grms of cascade ( straight into...

I had good efficiency with crushed grain from the home brew shop ...then got my own monster mill and it went to crap. I readjusted the rollers and double crushed my grain to get it to almost to flour and all is good again. Also.. make sure there is no dough balls and clumps during mash in.

thanks mate, That makes a bit more sense now.

excuse my ignorance . So far I have only ever done all grain BIAB's and one corona kit where I just followed the instructions on the tin. So for example this : Coopers Real Ale 1kg LME 500gm dex 15gm hallertau pellets @ 15 min 15gm cascade pellets @ 0 min I am I correct when I assume you are...

http://www.food.com/recipe/pineapple-beer-441415 This was where I got the recipe. I had a similar thing in Africa on Zanzibar Island about 20 years ago. They did two A plain sugar cane version and the pineapple beer/cider (what ever you want to call it) version. The sugar cane one was too...

It definitely tastes like pineapple. Almost a wine taste. ( I am not a fan of wine ) It is about 8% alc maybe a bit more...I get the feeling I kegged it a bit early. There was not really a krausen ...just slow bubbling. I did take a few hydro measurements - After about 8 days It went from 3% to...

yep they'd love that tennis court fence . It would be a bitch to cut off I'd imagine.

If you are interested I found a recipe online for a pineapple beer . I have saved you all the time by making it. The recipe I used I pineapple chopped and thoroughly scrubbed clean.( skin included ) no green leaves. 1/2 cup of raisins I cinnamon stick 5 cups of plain white sugar 8 litres of hot...

From my limited experience ( this year ) the lines that go side ways don't seem to work anywhere near as well as straight up ones. I went to potters brewery in the hunter and they had hops vines growing up the side of the tennis court fence - they didn't seem to have a problem. Also I have...

mate that is awesome. How do I know when to pick mine? First time Ive tried and I have a few on my cascade...not as many as yours though.